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Title
Konfirmandinnen in Fumban (Bamum)
Women and girls as confirmation candidates in Fumban (Bamum)
Creator
Schwarz, Eugen (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1907/1911
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Annotation translation: "1910. Baptised girls in Fumban. The building? A house for women ... the King's daughters." - The women are numbered.
Annotation: "1910. Getaufte Mädchen Fumban
Gebäude? Frauenhaus. ... kgl. Töchter." - Die Frauen sind mit röm. Ziffern nummeriert.
Note: Widersprüchliche Angaben zu Photograph. Entsprechendes Negativ, QE-32.009.9082, wurde Martin Göhring zugeschrieben. (BFN 08.2002).
Note translation: Contradictory information on the photographer. The related negative, QE-32.009.9082, was ascribed to Martin Göhring. (BFN 08.2002).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, collodion
10.6 x 15.3 cm.
Identifier
impa-m28614 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-4619
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m28614
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-4619.jpg
Subject
Adornment
Candidate for confirmation f
Group
Hairstyle
Type and material of construction
Women's house
Women's wear
Time Period
1907/1911
Place
Bamum
Foumban
Source
E-30.29.009 [Reference number]
QE-32.009.9082 [Same image reference number]
Relation
Cameroon. Grasslands. Bamum. 1. Christian congregation, 2. Mission, 3. Members of the mission with King Njoya and Queen Mother Njapndunke, 4. King Njoya (portraits of him alone and with other people) 5. Queen Mother Njapndunke
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17104
impa-m53717
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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